lied to Kangxi

Chapter 404

In the bamboo room next to Qingxi Bookstore, Yu Zhu was sitting beside the small table holding a teacup in his hand.

Kangxi's roar continued to pour into his ears from the next door.

Well, Zhang Boxing made another mistake!
In the South Study Room, Yuzhu's three subordinate officials each have their own characteristics.

Zhang Tingyu has a gentle temperament, and it is almost impossible to anger Kangxi.

Fang Bao, who got into trouble with his words, was almost wiped out of the three clans.No matter how rough his temper was before, he has become cautious in his words and deeds now, and he doesn't say a word more easily.

Only Zhang Boxing was exceptionally different.This man is stubborn and likes to be serious.

Alas, to be serious with the emperor every day is to walk a tightrope, and the whole family may be buried with him anytime and anywhere.

However, Yu Zhu had no interest in intervening.

Everyone's path is their own.

Helping people needs a good reason.

Yuzhu and Zhang Boxing are not relatives, so why should they help him?

Besides, in the name of incorruptibility, Zhang Boxing doesn't think highly of Yu Zhu, a young boss.

Yuzhu took a few sips of warm tea, picked up the brochure sent by Nian Gengyao again, and read it carefully for the third time.

The Junggar people are ready to move, and the west is becoming more and more uneven.

It must be admitted that Nian Gengyao, who was born as a Jinshi, wrote very beautifully, which is pleasing to the eye.

Yuzhu has a relatively strong sense of utilitarianism, and he has worked hard for the pavilion style that is necessary for the imperial examination, which is really great.

However, no pain, no gain.

Objectively speaking, the daily running script and cursive script, the level of Yuzhu, is not enough.At most, it's just at the level of a failed candidate.

There are always people who say that words are like people.

Yuzhu is actually quite disapproving of this point of view.

Qin Hui's calligraphy is far superior to that of ordinary calligraphers.

Song Huizong even created a thin gold body, the result?
Next door, Kangxi's roar gradually subsided.

Yuzhu knew that after a while, Zhang Tingyu should be called in.

Sure enough, not long after, Zhang Tingyu was called to face the saint.

After Fang Bao was also called in, Yuzhu felt a little strange.

What kind of thing, even Zhang Hengchen, can't settle it?
After a while, Wei Zhu came over to invite Yu Zhu himself. He bowed his waist and said respectfully, "I am reporting to Mr. Zhu, Zhang Boxing is right, the emperor ordered this old slave to come and invite you to come over."

Yu Zhu's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately knew the root cause of Zhang Boxing's reprimand.

In the palace, no one is your real father, and it is impossible for everyone to speak clearly.

Understanding the true connotation of the words depends entirely on the understanding of each person.

As Zhang Boxing's boss, although Yu Zhu couldn't be greedy for his merits, he still knew roughly what Zhang Boxing handled every day.

Jiangnan Jiangsu Province has the heaviest tax rate in the world, followed by Zhejiang Province.

Zhang Boxing has always advocated that the self-cultivating farmers in Jiangsu should be given some tax cuts to let them breathe a sigh of relief.

From an economic point of view, Zhang Boxing's suggestion is actually reasonable.

Because the main taxpayers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are actually self-cultivating farmers who endure hardships and stand hard work.

However, the imperial court has always been worried about the scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and they must resort to heavy taxes to draw blood, hollowing out the tax bases of these two provinces.

In fact, the big landlords in the area north of the Yangtze River generally own more than a thousand hectares of fertile land, but they do not pay a penny of tax.

They are the parasitic class of the entire empire!
To use a proper noun, these people are big bureaucrats and big landlords!
Compared with the big landlords in the north, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, there are very few people who own thousands of acres of fertile land.

The reason for this difference is actually not complicated.

In the northern region, due to the development of more than a thousand years, the land is gradually barren, coupled with the lack of water sources, there are constant famines.

Objectively speaking, in this era, the big bureaucratic and big landlords in the north used much more brutal means of land annexation than the big landlords in the south.

Therefore, it is easy to have large landowners covering a large area in the north.

However, the self-cultivating farmers in the south of the Yangtze River generally have better business acumen than the native farmers in the north.

When the fields were hit by disasters and the harvest was lost, the self-cultivators in the south of the Yangtze River would often try to save themselves.For example, do a small business, raise some fish, and raise a few pigs.

In short, what to earn money to do, in order to survive the famine year.

Most of the farmers in the north only know how to farm.

As long as they suffered disasters and lost their land, they would almost always sell their wives, children and daughters, then go out to beg, and gradually developed into a team of refugees who threatened the imperial court.

Of course, the climate in the north is indeed much colder than that in the south, which is also an objective fact.

As the saying goes, the ass decides the head.

Zhang Boxing's family was also a big landlord.He spoke for the owner farmers, and it was easy for Kangxi to misunderstand him, speaking for the scholar-officials in the south of the Yangtze River.

After Yuzhu entered the door, he gave Kangxi a big gift.

When Kangxi saw Yuzhu coming, he waved the booklet in his hand and asked him, "Have you seen Zhang Boxing's booklet for reducing taxes for Jiangnan?"

Naturally, Yuzhu hadn't seen it, and he didn't need to cover it up for Zhang Boxing, so he shook his head and said, "Go back to the emperor, I haven't seen it yet."

Kangxi was furious, and sternly reprimanded Yuzhu: "There is such a minister of Nanshufang as you?"

To Yuzhu, this level of censure was nothing more than a tickle, and it was not worth mentioning at all.

"Back to the emperor, Zhang Boxing is a famous official of Confucianism. He has a lot of experience and has served in frontiers. He is a well-known capable official. The slave simply allows him to be self-disciplined, so as not to have any resentment." In front of Kangxi, Yu Zhu never dared Tell the truth.

In layman's terms, Yuzhu, who is very young and has very little experience, has become Zhang Boxing's boss. Alas, it's hard to manage!

Yuzhu's words seemed to shirk responsibility.

In fact, Yuzhu also pointed out a fact: Zhang Boxing refused to listen to him because of his seniority.

What is the South Study Room?
It is impossible for the old emperor to allow anyone to form cliques and form small groups in the South Study Room.

Whoever dares to do it will lose his head!

As soon as Yuzhu came in, he explained the overall situation to Kangxi, the old man, the slaves did not form a party.

Don't form a party, that's right!

"Hey, let's take a look." Kangxi actually knew very well in his heart that what Zhang Boxing committed had nothing to do with Yuzhu.

However, Kangxi still did not intend to let Yuzhu go, and forced Zhang Boxing's booklet to Yuzhu.

Yuzhu looked at it calmly, in fact, Zhang Boxing had no selfish intentions, but Kangxi was too sensitive.

Of course, no matter how reasonable what Zhang Boxing said, it would be unreasonable if the old emperor didn't like it.

The old emperor, even if he took advantage of the problem, he couldn't be wrong.

"Yuzhu, it's been a long time." Kangxi deliberately urged Yuzhu to express his opinion.

In fact, it was only about a quarter of an hour.

Yu Zhu cupped his hands in a calm manner and said: "Back to the emperor, the servants thought that Zhang Xiao made three mistakes first. One is that if the court prospers, there will be disadvantages in the local area. We must pay attention to it. Second, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are already very Wealthy, we can't let them continue to grow. Three things, we can't blindly push them away in the whole province, but we should choose a prefecture first and try it out."

Kangxi listened carefully, and Yuzhu's comment was very penetrating.

Among them, what Kangxi listened to the most was that the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River could not continue to grow.

The imperial court's defense against the south of the Yangtze River is more than ten thousand days?
Zhang Tingyu on the side seemed to have a calm face, but in fact, his heart was already agitated.

What a powerful Yu Yuqing, she actually managed to kill the emperor's thoughts.

"Well, Zhang Boxing, do you hear that? Is it reasonable for me to order you to work with Yuzhu?" Kangxi turned to look at Zhang Boxing and severely reprimanded him.

After the old emperor had vented his anger, the conversation suddenly changed, and he said flatly, "I won't use people carelessly, so kneel down."

"Hey." After Yu Zhu got up and walked out, Zhang Tingyu and the others followed and exited Qingxi Bookstore.

Everyone is a great understanding person.

If anyone can't understand the charade played by the old emperor, alas, the day when he leaves the South Study Room is not far away.

After sitting back in the bamboo house next door, Yu Zhu, who was relatively free at first, became much more busy.

No matter how Yuzhu resisted, Zhang Tingyu, Zhang Boxing and Fang Bao, the three of them, would show him the drafted abbreviations or written statements first.

While Yu Zhu was busy with his work, he thought to himself, after all, the old emperor was clever, and his strategy of knocking mountains and shaking tigers had good results.

Li Guangdi did not go to the scene, but judging from his decades of experience in serving Kangxi, the old emperor had sent a signal that he would reuse the jade pillar.

Well, the current court situation seems to be calm, but in fact, there are undercurrents surging.

Li Guangdi is also a member of the Eighth Master Party.

After the prince was abolished, Kangxi hinted that Li Guangdi would send a message to everyone and re-establish Yinfeng as the prince.

However, Li Guangdi pretended to be stupid on purpose, bravely, and insisted on not spreading the word.

Kangxi also understood afterwards, but after decades, Li Guangdi has been very easy to use, and he didn't bother to change his appearance halfway.

Although there is no change of appearance, Li Guangdi's favor is not as good as before.

Those who can achieve great things plan to retreat before advancing, and Li Guangdi is no exception.

Back then, before the Shuntianfu Township Examination, Li Guangdi had already collected all the papers that Yuzhu had done.

Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence that Yuzhu High School met Yuan?
In fact, Li Guangdi's mentality is roughly similar to that of Zeng Guofan.

After Zeng Guofan formed Xiangyong, he was worried about violating the taboo of the court, so he deliberately promoted Taqibu, the bannerman and general.

To put it bluntly, Zeng Guofan wanted Taqibu to act as a shield and a step back.

Of course, Yuzhu's prominent family background determines that he cannot be Li Guangdi's pawn, but can only be a secret ally of mutual benefit.

After Kangxi took advantage of the topic, the three people headed by Zhang Tingyu, at least on the surface, respected Yuzhu more.

As for Yu Zhu, she still had a normal heart and took it lightly.

The three of them handed over the note, even though Yuzhu read it, he didn't say a word, and just helped forward it to the internal affairs office.

In the officialdom, who would really give in to a young boss among senior and capable subordinates?
Tang Bing is willing to worship under Yuzhu's sect, that's because he has seen one thing: Yuzhu's future is bright and promising!

Facts have also proved that Tang Bing did not hesitate to let go of his dignity, and that move was right.

Under Yuzhu's secret operation, Tang Bing has been promoted to the third rank of Dali Temple Minister.

There has always been an inverse relationship between the maintenance of personal dignity and the hope of career advancement, so we must pay attention to it.

The vernacular is, if you don’t be a slave to the noble first, so that the noble has a sense of trust, why should the noble promote you?
Hey, there are as many thousand-mile horses as a cow's hair, but Bole is a rare thing!
(PS: There will be more in the early morning.)
(End of this chapter)